Asbury Park ballot requests investigated

Clerk turns matter over to prosecutor

11:50 AM,
Apr. 26, 2013

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A City Council election slate is under investigation after an opponent accused it of fraudulently handling absentee ballot applications.

In a complaint filed earlier this month, an AP Out Front campaign manager accused the A-Team of soliciting vote-by-mail applications and filling them out incorrectly. For example, A-Team candidates or volunteers completed sections of the application that should be filled out by voters, Stephania Warren wrote in a letter to Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French.

But AP Out Front volunteer Patricia Gill also was questioned after 280 vote-by-mail ...